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What's disheartening is that Samsung actually spent considerable effort to make these phones look different

When Samsung closes a door, they open a window. Check out the S Voice UI: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGxYZXjXozc

This is the one thing that made the 4S stand out from the 4, and Samsung basically wholesale copied the UI.

Before you mistake me to be a 'fanboy' of Samsung, please understand, I am not, instead, I just want to tell you the facts.

Samsung Galaxy S2 was released in May 2011, iPhone 4s, was released in October 2011. The Galaxy S2 has had a voice command feature well before Siri came into light.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0A-zCis_A0

Also, its funny how I don't see you mention about the slide-down notifications that Apple has 'wholesale ripped off' (in your language).

Yes, the Galaxy S2 had a voice command system, that did not look like Siri. Siri appears and check out how the voice command system looks on the S3 ... like Siri :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_iFDigHo0Q

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